So before I start my speech, I would like all of you to think about the phrase. What do you think about it. It's a very common Vietnamese phrase that every Vietnamese people have like born with is to show your best and hide the rest.In the west, we also have a warning. Don't wash your dirty laundry in public. Different sayings, same meaning.It's both of it reflects a very crucial yet brutal social rules to just show your most perfect image. To just show your most beautiful and perfect self even though it's ...

I have a confession. But first, I want you all to have a tiny confession, too. Let's be honest.If you had one wish to change something about your body, what would it be. I'll give you some times to make a wish. Just do it in your head.You don't have to rush it. Okay. Have you got your answers.Great. So, to me, my wish is to change my height. I want my legs to be longer so bad because if I were taller, I would feel less small and be confident enough to express myself.That's what my thought one year ago. Howe ...

One year ago, exactly like this moment, I was also standing on the stage. However, the red lights on the national television channel stage were much harder than it looks on television. I was there, a high school student participating in Chungden, one of the most competitive debate shows in Vietnam.The giant countdown clock was right in front of me, ticking one by one. The judges were staring. My opponent had just finished a brutal rebuttal from the previous speech.And it was my turn. In that moment, I didn' ...

I'd love to start with something different before we begin. Right. Um question to everyone here.Think of a time when someone complimented you online. Right. It could be a DM. It could be a comment. It could be a long paragraph when someone reached out to you telling you that something you did changed their lives.Right. Think of that moment. A similar moment.Take another shot at it. When someone came up to you and told you they loved your work but offline, right. It could be across the table. It could be a t ...